The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-12-23

1Ae1r Augmentation On u1sr Fro.ss..
an hcsponse 10 Alleged Aggrcs.ix. r,y
arne1ons IN the Para at G~rmanx
Austria. nnd' - RasssA's Eyes. Fullr -
titled. u.s.
-. PETERSBURG. D-c. Is Tho MIN.
0dsetfe (ofliclal). referring TO the rec...
alarmist reports Of tho Austriau n.,.-
papers owing 10 the transfer Of Rn..'..
cavalry 90 Warsaw. says: ut \ nar,.
able 10 consider tho military position !.
Russia and that of her neighbors on AZ.
western frontier IN order to dster.,,..
the question Of who il really preparIn, y
attack, and who IL simply preparing ",
defense" The article shows the ma,.r..,
increase In the German peace fou,ln.
that has been made effective dur'
ing the past five years. ma
tho considerable increase ~ ~
fantry, artillery and cavalry supplied
TO the frontier stations during that iIma
s'Since 1878" snvs the Gazette. $50 Nh.
meters Of railway ha w been built IN IN.
eastern part OF the German Empire. ana
x realty increased facilities for forward.
ing troops towards the Russian ffon,ier
have been added. There are ten jnnc
tion stations afforded by this railway ~
which troops may be concentrated. or.
many has formed the first class fortre>sa.
Of Dantxig, Posen. Thorn and Koeniws.
berg. and buildings similar ~ those Al
these places have been erected at Gran.
denx Austria has added nine divisions Ia
her peace footing. which have been mads
effective. and the Galician garrisons have
been reinforced by eighteen squadrons Of
cavalry. thirteen batteries OF artillery
aud full complement OF horses. The
Austrian Government has built since ls-s
400 kilometers Of railway in the dstrie,
which might become the theater of war.
Six railway lines have been made avail.
able for throw ing troops in Calicla.
placed on the Russian frontier Ha's.
depots and stores have been col.
lecting In the vicinity OF the
frontier. The fortresses ut Prezemyre and
Cracow have boon converted into camp
fortress cs. and from the latter place Rus
sian territory can DO bombardedv The
Gazette also declares that the rolling
stock which the Government has accuml-
lated at Or acow has been adapted to the
Russian railway gau &c. These prepare
tions," contin ues the article, 'sshows that
Austria, under the semblance II
making ready fors defense, has
for some time been preparing X
invade Russia simultaneously with her
ally. But Russia considered European
war Z terrible misfortune. Notwithstand-
ing this manifest danger that threatened
Russia her peace footing that was effec.
tive in 1875 aud 1878 was less than in 1866
while her nsighbors during this period
raised their peace footing 1000 men.
Doubtless Russia. In the event Of the war,
would not throw . mighty army into
the field, but would conhne herself
to the policy Of concen trating her
troops along the frontier, an act
fncomparaby moro difficult FOR her
than for her neighbors. In ten
wears Russia has built ISIS kilometars Of
railway in her western provinces against
$500 kilomefers built by her neighbor- n
their eastern provinces" The Ga-ffff
concludes by stating that Germany and
Austria's railway lines, however. cover
only one-half the area that Russia's does,
owing to the fact that the former have
made a sort Of network while Russia has
\ spread out more.
4 The Gazette continuing its article saws:
ssRussian railways no where pass outside
! the defensive lines formed by a TRIANGLE
\ drawn between the three cities Of 81.
\ Peterborough, Warsaw and Odessa The
\ roads Of her neighbors on the contrary
run in q direct line to the Russian from
tier. Built as they are. for the concen
tration OF troops they form com
pact network OF railways In zon'
IN front OF the frontiers o
Russia and would be wonderfully et'icien
in time OF war. compared TO the inslxnln
cant number upon which Russia can rely
IL Is plainly seen, therefore, that Ras'i'
Is constantly menaced by rapid invasion
OF her territory on the part OF both Gsr
many and Austria. Time. however. Tor
bids Russia to build railways, similar Y
those OF her neighbors. The only cour'e
therefore. which Is left 70 Der
il to improve her defenses, streng'n'
en- her fortresscs and 20 Increase
the number OF her troops along the iron'
tier. thereby guarding against surff'sr.
The fact that Germany and Austnh na'o
substantially increased their Military
preparations since 1886, cofnpes RUSS
70 devise some counter-measures wh'cp
viii gradually be executed. Inc 'rahs.e'
\ OF few cavalry regiments 70 ne reN,o'
OF the vistula might certainly, ~ ~ n.
been done, be made pretext y go
the press and public opinion and e cn",s
Russia OF entertaining warlike in'en' W.. W.
Russian military officials who, ai'n0us
they do not fear the ultimate issue y
conflict in which all the allied iorcss =.
the peace league Of Europe were ,n.' J,
against Russia, still recognize 'na' \
, defense OF Russia Is not yet assured y
IL the peace alliance considers ~
} Just fled in developing offensive measu
: 20 far rs TO bring certain portions
: Russia within range Of is aavnn.'
r forts, Russia has the undoubted r'sn
r nrovide for her defense and 20 SWIM
/ every measure possible 70 uphold :
4 honor and 10 maintain the inviolap'l''s
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